se crêper le chignon
\sə kʁɛ.pe lə ʃi.ɲɔ̃\
The verdict
“se crêper le chignon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’échanger des horions dans une lutte, en parlant des femmes entre elles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-creper-le-chignon · se crêper le chignon · French
se crêper le chignon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se crêper le chignon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə kʁɛ.pe lə ʃi.ɲɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se crêper le chignon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se crêper le chignon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə kʁɛ.pe lə ʃi.ɲɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for se crêper le chignon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is se crêper le chignon, spelled S-E- -C-R-Ê-P-E-R- -L-E- -C-H-I-G-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1S’échanger des horions dans une lutte, en parlant des femmes entre elles.
- 2Se disputer, se quereller, en particulier en parlant de femmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se crêper le chignon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On a vu des vertus se crêper le chignon Pour ramasser les gants qu’il jette à la sortie !….
Marie Bergès, 43 ans et Louise Pujol, toutes les deux marchandes de volailles à Eauze, se prirent de querelle avant-hier. […]. Bref, après s’être bien injuriées place Saint-Céra, nos deux volaillères ne tardèrent pas à se crêper le chignon.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.